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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations has announced the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October was 6.5 percent, a 0.1 percentage point increase from 6.4 percent in September. Over-the-month employment went up by 850, as the labor force expanded by 1,900. There were 592,600 employed and 41,250 unemployed in October, for […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations has announced the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September was 6.4 percent, a 0.2 percentage point increase from 6.2 percent in August. There were 591,850 employed and 40,250 unemployed in September, for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 632,100. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis has announced an innovative partnership that leverages the combined audience and expertise of officials from the U.S. Department of Labor, Facebook, the National Association of State Workforce Agencies, DirectEmployers Association and the National Association of Colleges and Employers to provide crucial employment resources to job seekers through […]

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The Hawai‘i State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) is seeking employers who are hiring and training new employees who were laid-off from their previous employers. Employers are encouraged to take advantage of this rare opportunity to receive 50-90% reimbursement of the wages paid to these new workers.

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations has announced the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for August was 6.2 percent, a 0.1 percentage point increase from 6.1 percent in July. There were 592,950 employed and 39,300 unemployed in August, for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 632,250. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations has announced the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July was 6.1 percent, a 0.1 percentage point increase from 6.0 percent in June. There were 594,000 employed and 38,400 unemployed in July, for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 632,400. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations has announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June remained unchanged at 6.0 percent. There were 595,450 employed and 38,150 unemployed in June, for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 633,650. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 9.2 percent in June […]

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The Hawai‘i State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) expanded its online services to allow people to reactivate their unemployment claims on the internet beginning July 11, 2011, which will reduce their wait either at the unemployment office or via the telephone. This new option applies to people restarting their existing unemployment claim.

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has announced the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May declined to 6.0 percent, from 6.1 percent in April. There were 597,000 employed and 38,150 unemployed in May, for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 635,100. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has announced the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February remains at 6.3 percent, unchanged from January. There were 591,950 employed and 39,750 unemployed in February, for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 631,700. Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined slightly to 8.9 percent […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has announced the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for January remains at 6.3 percent, unchanged from the revised rate for December of 6.3 percent. There were 590,800 employed and 39,650 unemployed in January, for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 630,450. The annual average unemployment […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the January 2011 Employment Situation report: “The unemployment rate declined by 0.4 percent to 9.0 percent, down 0.8 percent in the last two months. The private sector added 50,000 jobs, and revisions indicate 1.1 million jobs were added in 2010. While there […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has announced the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December remains at 6.4 percent, unchanged for the sixth consecutive month. There were 593,350 employed and 40,250 unemployed in December, for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 633,600. The preliminary annual average unemployment rate for 2010 […]

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MEDIA RELEASE President Obama signed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 on Dec. 17, which extends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through Jan. 3, 2012. The Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) estimates up to 18,000 unemployed individuals in Hawaii may receive a total of $340 million […]

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